Angola Signs Funding Agreement With E.U., UNICEF To Train Water Workers For Improved Sanitation February 13, 2015 News Summary Bloomberg News: Angola Taps E.U., UNICEF Funding to Train Water Workers “Angola, where less than half of the population has access to clean water, plans to build a complex in the southwest African nation to help train water workers with funding assistance from the European Union and UNICEF. The funding…
Challenges Remain In Reaching Zero Ebola Cases; International Community Must Not Be Complacent February 13, 2015 News Summary The Lancet: Ebola in West Africa: getting to zero Editorial Board “…In view of the evolving epidemic, the U.N. containment strategy is shifting its focus. Last year, the sheer scale of new infections meant a clinical approach was needed to treat all those identified with Ebola. Now, the response is…
World Must Balance Food Production, Consumption With Need For Biofuels February 13, 2015 News Summary Huffington Post: Looking Beyond the Crisis Jose Graziano da Silva, director general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization “…Increasing humanity’s food supply by 60 percent in the next 35 years, through the agricultural practices we use today, would require some 50 percent more energy and 40 percent more water,…
Decriminalization Of Sex Work Will Help Prevent HIV, Improve Health Care Access February 13, 2015 News Summary Health-e News: Time to decriminalize prostitution Maria Stacey, acting director of the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) “…The concept of structural interventions is one that the South African HIV community has struggled with in the past, but fortunately there is growing evidence for the impact of structural interventions…
Blog Post Examines U.S. Leadership For Global Health In 114th Congress February 13, 2015 News Summary Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: 114th Congress and Global Health: House Appropriations Committee, State and Foreign Ops, Labor HHS Subcommittees Antigone Barton, writer and editor of “Science Speaks” and senior communications officer at the Center for Global Health Policy, discusses the leadership of several committees and subcommittees in…
Council On Foreign Relations Backgrounder Examines Polio Eradication Efforts February 13, 2015 News Summary Council on Foreign Relations: Global Efforts to Eradicate Polio Danielle Renwick, copy editor at the Council on Foreign Relations, presents a backgrounder on efforts and challenges to eradicating polio worldwide (2/12).
Blog Post Examines Efforts To Develop Chagas Disease Treatments February 13, 2015 News Summary Global Health Technologies Coalition’s “Breakthroughs”: Chagas disease: A silent kiss and a neglected killer “In this guest post, Isabela Ribeiro, MD, head of the Chagas program at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), discusses the devastating toll of Chagas and ongoing efforts to develop new treatments and drug regimens…
Aidspan Publishes New Issue Of ‘Global Fund Observer’ February 13, 2015 News Summary Aidspan: Global Fund Observer Aidspan, an independent watchdog of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has published Issue 260 of the “Global Fund Observer.” The newsletter features six news articles, including a story examining the roll out of the Global Fund’s new funding model (2/12).
Americans, U.S. Congress Can Help Bolster Investment In Critical Global Health Issues, Including MCH, FP February 13, 2015 News Summary Dallas Morning News: Americans need to step up on global health issues Bill Frist, former U.S. senator from Tennessee and chair of Hope Through Healing Hands, and Jenny Eaton Dyer, executive director of Hope Through Healing Hands “The Kaiser Family Foundation recently reported that Ebola is still a top-tier global…